Person
Yasunari Kawabata
Writing · 1899–1972 · Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.
Known for
Tamayura
Original Story
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Original Story
Kaidan Horror Classics
Original Story
A Page of Madness
Original Story
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Original Story
Sound of the Mountain
Novel
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
Novel
Keiko and Yves Get Married
himself
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Novel
Reminiscence
Novel
Filmography
- 2022Snow CountryNovel
- 2019The Master of FuneralsNovel
- 2019One ArmNovel
- 2016The Old CapitalNovel
- 2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsOriginal Story
- 2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsOriginal Story
- 2009KingyoOriginal Story
- 2009Love SuicidesOriginal Story
- 2008KataudeOriginal Story
- 2008A Girl in the SunsetOriginal Story
- 2007Nemureru bijoNovel
- 2006House of the Sleeping BeautiesNovel
- 2005KotoNovel
- 2002Shinshun! Love storiesOriginal Story
- 2001Bellas durmientesNovel
- 1995House of Sleeping BeautiesNovel
- 1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureOriginal Story
- 1985The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaSelf
- 1985Sadness and BeautyNovel
- 1980Koto: The Ancient CityNovel
- 1977The Land of SnowNovel
- 1974The Izu DancerNovel
- 1969Through Days and MonthsNovel
- 1969Thousand CranesNovel
- 1968Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata
- 1968The House of the Sleeping VirginsNovel
- 1967The Izu DancerOriginal Story
- 1966Woman of the LakeNovel
- 1965Snow CountryNovel
- 1965TamayuraOriginal Story
- 1965With Beauty and SorrowNovel
- 1963Love Comes with YouthWriter
- 1963Twin Sisters of KyotoNovel
- 1960The Izu DancerOriginal Story
- 1959Windy StreetNovel
- 1958Woman UnveiledOriginal Story
- 1957Keiko and Yves Get Marriedhimself
- 1957Snow CountryNovel
- 1956Family of SorrowOriginal Story
- 1956A Rainbow at Every TurnNovel
- 1955Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashiNovel
- 1954Mother's First LoveNovel
- 1954Dancing Girls of IzuOriginal Story
- 1954Sound of the MountainNovel
- 1953ReminiscenceNovel
- 1952The Scarlet Gang of AsakusaNovel
- 1951RepastScript Supervisor
- 1951Dancing GirlOriginal Story
- 1936Mr. Thank YouNovel
- 1935Three Sisters with Maiden HeartsOriginal Story
- 1933The Dancing Girl of IzuAuthor
- 1930Asakusa kurenaidanOriginal Story
- 1926A Page of MadnessOriginal Story
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